845 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
832 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1610 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2174 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1785 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
618 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1305 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1384 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
38 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1068 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1014 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
549 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
726 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
214 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14435 | Morohashi |
820 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2543 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
210 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
223 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
842 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1671 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 机上 【キジョウ】 on the desk, theoretical, academic, armchair (e.g. plan), desktop, paper, not yet implemented
- 几案 【キアン】 desk
- 明窓浄机 【メイソウジョウキ】 dustless desk by a well-lit window, well-lit and clean study conducive to learning
Kun reading compounds
- 机 【つくえ】 desk
- 机に向かう 【つくえにむかう】 to sit at a desk (to study), to be at one's desk, to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
- 片袖机 【かたそでづくえ】 desk with a tier of drawers on one side
- 八足の机 【やつあしのつくえ】 eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- gwe
Spanish
- mesa
- escritorio
Portuguese
- mesa
- escrivaninha
French
- bureau
- table
1857 | 2001 Kanji |
4a2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-2 | SKIP code |
4791.0 | Four corner code |
1-20-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
673a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
218 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 引退 【インタイ】 retirement
- 引責 【インセキ】 taking responsibility
- 誘引 【ユウイン】 enticement, inducement, attraction
- 吸引 【キュウイン】 absorption, suction, aspiration, attraction, draw
Kun reading compounds
- 引く 【ひく】 to pull, to tug, to lead (e.g. a horse), to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.), to attract (e.g. interest), to draw back (e.g. one's hand), to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.), to pull in, to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.), to draw (a line, plan, etc.), to catch (a cold), to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument), to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.), to consult, to check, to haul, to pull (vehicles), to subtract, to deduct, to recede, to ebb, to fade, to be descend from, to inherit (a characteristic), to quote, to cite, to raise (as evidence), to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.), to install (e.g. a telephone), to supply (e.g. water), to hold (e.g. a note), to apply (e.g. lipstick), to oil (e.g. a pan), to wax (e.g. a floor), to move back, to draw back, to recede, to fall back, to retreat, to lessen, to subside, to ebb, to go down (e.g. of swelling), to resign, to retire, to quit
- 引く手 【ひくて】 admirer, inducer
- 引ける 【ひける】 to close, to be over, to break up (e.g. school), to lose one's nerve, to feel daunted
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いな、 ひき、 ひけ、 びき
- Korean:
- in
Spanish
- tirar
- remolcar
- retroceder
- ser guiado
- arrastrar
- tocar (instrumento de cuerda)
Portuguese
- puxar
- rebocar
- sacudir
- permitir
- instalar
- citação
- referir-se
French
- tirer
- admettre
- installer
- citation
- référence
- jouer (musique)
- attraper (froid)
156 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
81 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
77 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
238 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1562 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
271 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
167 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
144 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
216 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
216 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
257 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
605 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
207 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
133 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
160 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1240 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9699 | Morohashi |
181 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1681 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1232 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1318 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
263 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
87 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3554 | 2001 Kanji |
3h1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-1 | SKIP code |
1220.0 | Four corner code |
1-16-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f15 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
280 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 流 【リュウ】 way, manner, style, fashion, mode, school (e.g. of flower arrangement), class, rate, rank, flow, current, stream
- 旒 【リュウ】 counter for flags, banners, etc.
- 清流 【セイリュウ】 clear stream
- 火砕流 【カサイリュウ】 pyroclastic flow
- 流 【ル】 exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
- 流刑 【リュウケイ】 exile, banishment, deportation
- 配流 【ハイル】 exile, banishment
- 中流 【チュウル】 banishment (to a somewhat distant province), middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
Kun reading compounds
- 流れる 【ながれる】 to stream, to flow (liquid, time, etc.), to run (ink), to be washed away, to be carried, to drift, to float (e.g. clouds), to wander, to stray, to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire), to spread, to circulate, to be heard (e.g. music), to be played, to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair), to pass, to elapse, to be transmitted, to be called off, to be forfeited, to disappear, to be removed
- 流れ 【ながれ】 flow (of a fluid or gas), stream, current, flow (of people, things), passage (of time), tide, passing, (changing) trends, tendency, course (of events), (step-by-step) procedure, process, group of people who remain together after the end of an event, descent, ancestry, school, forfeiture, foreclosure, cancellation, drifting, wandering, roaming
- 流れ込む 【ながれこむ】 to flow into, to pour into, to stream into
- 流す 【ながす】 to drain, to pour, to run, to let flow, to flush, to shed (blood, tears), to spill, to float (e.g. logs down a river), to set adrift, to wash away, to carry away, to sweep away, to broadcast, to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker), to send (electricity through a wire), to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.), to spread, to distribute, to cruise (of a taxi), to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.), to go from place to place, to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.), to call off, to reject (e.g. a bill), to forfeit (a pawn), to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming), to do with ease, to do effortlessly, to exile, to banish, to hit (the ball) to the opposite field, to do inattentively, to do without concentrating, to put little effort into doing
Readings
- Japanese names:
- な、 ながれ、 めぐる
- Korean:
- ryu
Spanish
- corriente
- derramar
- verter
Portuguese
- corrente
- afundar
- fluxo
- derrocada
French
- courant
- style
- mode
- évier
- flux
- confisquer (un article en gage)
334 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
432 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
409 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
296 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2576 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
329 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
682 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1332 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
247 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
247 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
279 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1200 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
529 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
325 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
400 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
771 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17572P | Morohashi |
441 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3160 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
764 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
826 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
235 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
367 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
357 | 2001 Kanji |
3a7.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
3011.3 | Four corner code |
3411.3 | Four corner code |
1-46-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d41 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1671 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 机上 【キジョウ】 on the desk, theoretical, academic, armchair (e.g. plan), desktop, paper, not yet implemented
- 几案 【キアン】 desk
- 明窓浄机 【メイソウジョウキ】 dustless desk by a well-lit window, well-lit and clean study conducive to learning
Kun reading compounds
- 机 【つくえ】 desk
- 机に向かう 【つくえにむかう】 to sit at a desk (to study), to be at one's desk, to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
- 片袖机 【かたそでづくえ】 desk with a tier of drawers on one side
- 八足の机 【やつあしのつくえ】 eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- gwe
Spanish
- mesa
- escritorio
Portuguese
- mesa
- escrivaninha
French
- bureau
- table
845 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
832 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1610 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2174 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1785 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
618 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1305 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1384 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
38 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1068 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1014 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
549 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
726 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
214 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14435 | Morohashi |
820 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2543 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
210 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
223 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
842 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1857 | 2001 Kanji |
4a2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-2 | SKIP code |
4791.0 | Four corner code |
1-20-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
673a | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 拉麺 【ラーメン】 ramen, Chinese-style noodles
- 拉致 【ラチ】 taking captive, carrying away, kidnapping, kidnaping, abduction
- 委内瑞拉 【ベネズエラ】 Venezuela
Kun reading compounds
- 拉ぐ 【ひしぐ】 to crush, to squash, to overpower, to beat, to crush
Readings
- Korean:
- rab
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1867 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1301 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
372 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
279 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
11946 | Morohashi |
2109 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
696 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3c5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-5 | SKIP code |
5001.8 | Four corner code |
1-57-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
62c9 | Unicode hex code |
人
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
- 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
- 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
- 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
- 人 【ニン】 counter for people
- 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
- 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
- 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent
Kun reading compounds
- 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
- 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
- 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
- いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
- Korean:
- in
Spanish
- persona
Portuguese
- pessoa
French
- être humain
- personne
30 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
39 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
9 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
339 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
4 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
11 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
14 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
1 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
15 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
42 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4175 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2111 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
960 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
344 | Morohashi |
3368 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
99 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
951 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1023 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
2 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
7 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1262 | 2001 Kanji |
2a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-2-4 | SKIP code |
8000.0 | Four corner code |
1-31-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4eba | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Readings
- Korean:
- gang
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1158 | Morohashi |
317 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2a13.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-13 | SKIP code |
2121.6 | Four corner code |
1-49-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
50f5 | Unicode hex code |
尸
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 屍 【シカバネ】 corpse, kanji "corpse" radical
- 尸位 【シイ】 neglecting the duties of an office while taking pay
- 三尸 【サンシ】 the three worms (in Taoism), worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings
Readings
- Korean:
- si
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1376 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
4198 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7630 | Morohashi |
3389 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1402 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
3r0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
7720.7 | Four corner code |
1-53-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c38 | Unicode hex code |